KZN Club Coach

SmartStart South Africa; Vryheid; On-site; ZAR 150,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

SmartStart South Africa is seeking a Club Coach to mentor early learning practitioners, enhancing their skills and supporting the quality of their preschool enterprises. The role involves recruitment, quality assurance, and fostering networks among practitioners to ensure effective early learning solutions in the community.

Qualifications

• A year’s experience in a coaching/mentoring/facilitation role.
• Three years’ experience in ECD or a related sphere.
• Valid driver’s license and own transport.

Responsibilities

• Recruit new SmartStarters and license quality assurance.
• Build and encourage SmartStart clubs and networks.
• Coach and develop SmartStarters to enhance their skills.

Skills

Organisational skills

Management skills

Communication skills

Problem-solving skills

Education

Tertiary level education

Community Development degree

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Key Responsibilities

SmartStart Club Coaches are mentors to our network of early learning practitioners (SmartStarters) who run their own independent preschool social enterprises.

• SmartStart coaches recruit new SmartStarters.
  
• They license and quality assure all the SmartStart practitioners.
  
• Build and encourage the SmartStart clubs (networks of SmartStarters).
  
• Drive and create understanding of and demand for quality early learning and importantly to coach and develop SmartStarters to gain new skills and capacities.
  
  
  
  

Requirements

Qualifications

• Educated to tertiary level preferable (Community Development degree advantageous).
  
• At least a year’s experience in a coaching/mentoring/ facilitation role and/or a management/coordinating role.
  
• Three years’ experience of ECD or a closely related sphere.
  
• A valid driver’s license and own transport.
  

Desirable

• Experience in the non-profit and/or development sector.
  

Competencies

• Ability to maintain effective quality assurance systems.
  
• Ability to collect and manage qualitative and quantitative data.
  
• Ability to manage others effectively, to motivate, to elicit high performance and to facilitate personal and professional development in a supportive way.
  
• Ability to work independently, problem-solve, be flexible and take the initiative when presented with challenges.
  
• Ability to build and maintain excellent working relationships with colleagues at all levels of the SmartStart network and beyond, and to work as part of a cohesive and supportive team, including the ability to work effectively with people from different background.
  
  

Abilities, Skills, and Attributes

• Excellent organisational and planning skills – including demonstrable experience of operationalising appropriate systems and procedures, and of records management.
  
• Excellent management skills – including the ability to fulfil reporting, budgeting, and other requirements, and to ensure compliance with internal policies and standards.
  
• Good English written and oral communication skills.
  
• Proficiency in MS Office – including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook – and in internet search and use.
  
• Fluency in the dominant language of the area in which a coach is needed.